Improvement in butter-workers



P. B. HOWELL & E'. COLE Butter-Worker.

N0. 207,742. Patented Sept.v 3, 1878.

*D* NVENTOR- Mwe,gf%`dv ATTORNEYS UNITED STA'I'Es'PA'r-ENT OFFICE.

PETER B. HOWELL AND ELI COLE, OF HORSEHEADS, NEV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTER-WORKERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,742, datedSeptember 3, 1878; application filed August 3, 1878.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, PETER B. HOWELL and ELI COLE, of Horseheads, in thecounty of Ohemung and State of New York, have invented a new andvaluable Improvement in Butter-VVorkers 5 and we do hereby declare thatthe following' is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the dra-win gs is a representa-tion of a perspective of ourbutter-worker. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view of the same,and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a butterworker, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The annexed drawing, to which reference is made, fully illustrates ourinvention.

A represents a box of any suitable dimensions, supported n an inclinedposition by means of legs B B at each end. At the lower end of the boxare interior corner-pieces b b, which form a sort of channel to conductthe buttermilk to an outlet, a, made in this end of the box, so that thesame can run out as it is being worked out of the butter. Under thebot-tom of the box are bars C C attached to the legs B, and runninglongitudinally and parallel with the bottom of the box. In the spacebetween these bars and the bottom of the box is passed a round, d, theends of which connect the side bars of a frame, D, passing outside andover the box.

The ladle for working the butter consists of a block, F, which is madeconcave on its under side, and grooved to form convex ridges ff, asshown. This ladle is provided with a stem or shank, E, which is mortisedinto and fastened at an angle to a handle or lever, G, y

as shown.

The inner end of the handle G is formed with a tenon, e, which is passedthrough a mortise in the center of the top bar of the frame D, andfastened by means of a pin or wedge-key, h, inserted in a hole in saidtenon.

lThe ladle can, by means of the handle G and the movable frame D, bemoved back and forth from end to end of the box, and by pressure on thehandle work the butter thoroughly and quickly and with perfect ease.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v l.The ladle F, made concave and having convex ridges f, in combinationwith the handle G and movable frame D, as and for thc purpose set forth.

2. The inclined box A, provided with the corner-pieces b b, drain a, andbars C C, in combination with the round d, frame D, handle G, and ladleF, all constructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

PETER B. HOWELL. ELI COLE.

Witnesses ALFRED FORCE, SIMEON ROYCE.

